Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-06
General 11eps.
DOMESTIC,


vile, Va, Thursday. The large bridge
across the Appomattox river at that place
was overturned
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
company has pettioned to be relieved
from the operation of section four of the
interstate commerce act.
Three hundred Norwegian emigrants
passed through Chattanooga, Tenn, Sat
urday night for Salt Lake City, whittier
they go to Join the Mormon colonies in
the West.
The public debt statement shows the
reduction of the public debt during the
month of April to be 81, .09S.77.
Total cash in the treasury. $3.50, lO5,-
S964l.
Chief of Police Leander Brown of Mad
ison, n. j., whose wife recently gave
birth to triplets, two boys and girl,
christened them Leander Cleveland, John
Grover and Leonora Frances.
Emanuel DE Fretas, Il 11-years-old lad
successfully jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge the other day. He was arraigned
in court and sentenced to prison for three
months in default of $500 bail
Ex-United States Treasurer Jordan re-
turned from Europe Friday night He
left Mr.. Manning in Bournemouth, Eng
land, much better in health. Mr.. Man
ming has engaged passage home for June
|.
Pleuro-pneumonia. according to the
statistics of the State livestock commits
sion. is more prevalent in Chicago and
vicinity than it ever was before. 1t has
been found necessary to institute a quar-
antine.
4 Galveston dispatch says that the re-
ports of drouth throughout the agriculture
al districts in Texas are daily assuming Il
more serious aspect. Recent dispatches
reporting copious rains have been grossly
exaggerated.
Miss Alice Cobb, "A years of age. COM
mitted suicide by shooting in Portland
Me-, early saturday morning. She was
thought to be insane. She left note
saving, Father wants me to die. | will
do so. But if my spirit comes back will
haunt him till he dies
The second deposit of $1,000 a side in
the single scull race between Edward
Hanlan and Jake Gaudaur has been pos
ted in New York. The race is to be for
5000 and the championship of America.
and $1,000 is now up. 1t is to be rowed
on Decoration Day.
DR.. W T. Northrup, a prominent
physician at Haverhill. O.. was murdered
Wednesday by Thomas Mccoy, Il saloon
keeper. and his brother Alfred. the post
master at IIaverhill. aided by the two sons
of Alfred Mccoy. DR.. Northrup had in
CURED the displeasure of the McCoys by
being active in favor of local option.
The bronze statue of Garfield designed
by J. Q. a. Ward for the society of the
Army of the Cumberland, has been placed
upon the 500, 900 granite pedestal erected
for it by Congress. Just west of the CAPT
tol grounds at Washington The statue
j. heroic in size. 10 feet inches high. and
weighs 5000 pounds. The pedestal i,
about Is feet high.
Rain fell in the State of Maine all day
Friday and serious flood resulted The
kennebec river is higher than for eighteen
years. Two million logs at the Somerset
mills broke loose and floated past To the
sea. Many buildings along the river bank
were carried Off The other rivers il
Maine were equally high and very grea
damage to property of various kinds wa:
done.
Miss Julia +. Forneret was installed a
deaconess in the st. George Episcopal
church, New York. Sunday. by Bishop
Potter. She i the first deaconess admit
ted to the church in 400 years. and the
first ever created in America. Miss For
neret is of Canadian birth. a trained nurse
and for years has been connected with the
immense mission work of st. Georges
church.
The Pennsylvania board of pardons has
recommended pardons in the cases OF
Michael O'Brien and Christopher Don
nelly of Schuylkill county famliarly
known as 1.-THE last of the Molly Ma
guires." Twenty-one members of thai
organization were hanged. Many served
various terms of imprisonment and
large number fled the country when the
murderous conspiracy was exposed.
Commissioner Colman of the agricultur
al bureau at Washington received the
| following telegram the other day from
one of his inspectors at Golden Bridge
Y. Y: There is contagious pleuro
pneumonia here: has beer here for some
time, and diseased cattle have been ship
, ped to New York. The owner has now
, few cases of acute and also few
, chronic and about 10 exposed cattle.
, The commissioner has directed the in
), spector to carefully investigate the cast
! and to take the other necessary steps.
Five out of seven cars of west-bOunC
? express on the Northern Pacific railroad
= were thrown into ditch near Driscol
D station, Oak, Saturday morning, killing
a one passenger and injuring many. The
train which was running N heavy
: down-grade was thrown off The track b!
' rails warped by the sun. TIE engine anC
: express car passed over in s;fety, but the
A five cars following left tle track anc
turned bottom upward III the Itch. Two
, of the coaches were loaded with two com
: panies of the eth United States cavalry
!, en- route for Fort Yates and Iuford. The
other three were filled win emigrant'
. and tirst-class passengers.
. FOREIGN.
, A dispatch from CooktowL Australia